
Windows Forms Components and Controls• Chapter 8 407
Summary
We have seen that the Window Forms framework offers many controls that you
can use.These controls have properties, methods, and events to help you accom-
plish your goals. As we have discussed, many properties of controls can be
changed at design-time and at runtime.We have seen many examples of just how
to change those properties at runtime.
Sometimes you need a reusable object for a certain functionality that is not
built into the Windows Forms framework. For these, applications components are
just the ticket. Not only do components provide a great way to reuse code, but
they also allow y ...